Berlin vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Berlin	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2027	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4661	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$1127	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$2029	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$258	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3225	$903
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	100	82
😀 Quality of life	95	69
🏙️ Population	3.78M	15.4M

The cost of living in Berlin is 183% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 1762nd and 6818th ($2027 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Germany and India, respectively. Check Germany vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Berlin ranked 3rd best city to live in Germany vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 21st and 2865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Mumbai

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	Berlin	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$832	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2233	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1562	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.1	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8133	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5908	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.68	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.9	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.55	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.01	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59.3	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.2	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$186	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9774	$3007

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1707
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1782
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1770
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1714
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1763
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1724
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1691
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1796
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1695
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1665
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1711
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1714
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1632
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1663
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1686
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1723
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1690
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1534
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1644
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1442
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1437
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1319
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1241
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1315
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1332
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1350
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1421
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1395
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1282
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1108
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1346
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1022
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373

Cities near Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296